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To: Remedy
The Court's Opinion is available on the Sevent Circuit's website. I don't have a clue how to post the link, but the opinion was issued April 16 , 2003, in Doe v. Heck,, case #01-3648.

This makes a very worthwhile Sunday afternoon read for those interested in individual liberty.

The opinion is lengthy, but very well written and expounds at length on the most fundamental right of a man and woman to marry, have children and raise them without intereference from the government. The court did, however, find that the case workers had "qualified immunity", which means that the law was sufficiently unsettled in this area that the court would not impose a penalty in this instance. At least in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana, the law is now very well settled and the next government welfare worker who thinks the United States Constitution doesn't apply to her behavior is fully exposed to liability.

4 posted on 05/04/2003 12:18:12 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Mr. Lucky
The Article from the Wisconsin Law Journal
6 posted on 05/04/2003 12:41:35 PM PDT by ThreePuttinDude (The greatest 3 innings in baseball history ....8-8-88)
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To: Mr. Lucky
Here it is. It's in PDF format which means your computer should launch Adobe Acrobat when opened. It's kind of long and written in a lot of legalese. If you take the time to read it, you'll note that they totally support the school's policy vis-a-vis the parent's giving permission to the school to pass out punishment.
"http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=01-3648.PDF"
11 posted on 05/04/2003 1:10:30 PM PDT by raybbr
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